cannibalism and you (christianity)

[Pyrrho]

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Not quite.  You are not a cannibal (at least not from the traditional Eucharist; what you do at other times I cannot say).  But it is not merely "empty rhetoric" to call you a cannibal.  You would be a cannibal if your doctrine of Transubstantiation were true.  You believe yourself to be a cannibal.  Though, of course, you may not accept that term, as many people say all sorts of things and then insist that the terms that accurately apply to them, do not apply to them.  Oftentimes, people misuse words.

If the doctrine of transubstantiation were true, then Catholics would be cannibals.

That does not follow.

Not only is it silly to call us cannibals based on what you believe to be true about the Eucharist,

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it is silly to call us cannibals based on what WE believe about the Eucharist, as well.

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Why not simply admit that in their eagerness to make Christians look foolish, sometimes ignorant atheists say things that have the opposite effect?

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On the contrary, it is silly for you to say that you are not a cannibal, based on the belief that the bread and wine literally turn into the flesh and blood of Jesus.  If the bread and wine did that and you ate it, you would be a cannibal.  That follows directly from the definition of "cannibal."

Here is the definition from your link:

The usually ritualistic eating of human flesh by a human being.

That exactly describes what the Eucharist ceremony would be if the bread and wine were really the flesh and blood of Jesus.

In other words, you ought to own the idea that you are a cannibal, and be proud of it.  Instead, you say bullshit nonsense about it, trying to have your cake and eat it, too.

What you have done is take a position that is wrong no matter what the truth is.  If the bread and wine do not change, then you are wrong to say that they do.  And if they do change, then you are wrong to say that you are not a cannibal.  So no matter what the truth is, you are wrong.  One has to be very, very wrong to manage a position in which one is wrong no matter what the truth is.  Congratulations!